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In a significant step towards transforming a fire-damaged and long-derelict building in Ballygar, Cllr Evelyn Parsons has made formal requests for the acquisition and redevelopment of the former HSE building beside Ballygar Garda Station. The building, which was extensively damaged by fire in February 2021, has since become an eyesore and a source of frustration for the community.

There were a number of aspects to the market in Woodquay in the 19th and early 20th centuries – there was a crane for weighing potatoes at the end of the park (near the toll booth) and it was there many of the farmers who carried their wares downriver used to gather to sell. Other groups would congregate here to sell scollops for thatching houses, ‘flexible sticks’ cut from hazel trees. These were very much in demand in the city area as so many houses were thatched in those days including in Woodquay. Also in that area you would find basket makers who would weave creels, ciseáins, skibs and baskets of many shapes and sizes for sale to the public.

Galway Simon Community is commencing development of 10 homes in Galway City with full accessibility for older people and for people who have compromised mobility or who are wheelchair users.

Independent Ballina councillor Mark Duffy has put forward the idea of retrofitting a school in the town that will no longer be used for that purpose come the end of the current academic year - for use as a temporary fix to house Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the war in their country.

A motion to assess the old Snowcream site on the Dublin Road in Moate for inclusion on the derelict properties register was raised by Fine Gael Councillor, Tom Farrell, at the most recent sitting of the Athlone-Moate Municipal District.

A Green councillor has queried whether consultants working on investigating derelict sites have added any sites to the Derelict Sites Register.

An article that appeared in The Irish Times on January 7, 1861, was lifted from the Galway Press and started as follows: “Twenty years ago, this fishing village, for which outdoor relief is now deemed necessary, was the greatest source of profit and employment to the people of Galway. It was the wealth producing quarter of the town, and not alone the town of Galway, but many parts of the interior of Ireland felt the benefit of the successful industry of the Claddagh fishermen. The harvest fishing season, which began in August and ended in November, produced a very large accession of wealth to the country. The number of cadgers leaving the town for the interior averaged about 150 daily, and whilst these peripatetic dealers in fish were thus numerously employed, the foremost merchants we had were occupied in filling their stores with herrings, and even the Fishery Board on some occasions were known to barrel large quantities. So abundant frequently was the take that all the cargoes of salt provided by the importers of that article did not suffice, and it had to be brought overland from Limerick and other places.”

Once the former Corrib Great Southern Hotel is demolished, any future use and development of the site must involve the local community and be of benefit to the people on the east side of the city.